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Table 1 Stand structure of O. abyssinica forests in the study area

From: Biomass, carbon stock and sequestration potential of Oxytenanthera abyssinica forests in Lower Beles River Basin, Northwestern Ethiopia

Age (year)

Assitsa forest

Eddida forest

Culm density (ha−1)

Clump density (ha−1)

Mean DBH (cm)

Mean height (m)

Culm density (ha−1)

Clump density (ha−1)

Mean DBH (cm)

Mean height (m)

1–2

3207

 

4 \(\pm\) 0.41

11.4 \(\pm \, 0.12\)

3485

 

4.5 \(\pm\, 0.27\)

12.2 \(\pm\, 0.47\)

3–4

5921

 

3.8 \(\pm\) 0.42

11.0 \(\pm\) 0.12

5505

 

4.1 \(\pm \,0.27\)

11.9 \(\pm \, 0.52\)

5–6

3236

 

3.5 \(\pm \,0.4\)

10.8 \(\pm \,0.12\)

6035

 

3.8 \(\pm \,0.23\)

11.8 \(\pm \,0.53\)

Total

12364

671

3.8 \(\pm \,0.41\)

11 \(\pm \,0.12\)

15025

518

4.1 \(\pm \,0.25\)

11.96 \(\pm \,0.50\)